News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-06
STOWE.

Mercury indicated % degrees below
zero Monday morning.
Ice cutting will commence this week
About 1000 cakes is the usual amount fol-
the hotel.
E. Il. Hodge is quite sick, reduced by
age and infirmities, and is not expected
to recover.
Several New Years gatherings, on a
small scale were held in several parts OF
| the town.
Ed. Luce and family, of Montpelier,
have been spending few days with his
mother, Mrs. John Seaver.
| Mr.. Doolittle and wife spent Saturday
! and Sunday in town, looking after the in
terest of the hotel property.
Miss Cora Foss arrived at home Satur-
day night from Boston, where she has
benn spending few weeks with an aunt.
There will be a temperance lecture bv
Rev. Perry Marshall at Unity church on
Sunday evening, January Is. Be sure
and come out.
During the week of prayer union SER
vices are held at the Congregational
church the first three evenings and at the
Nj. E. church the following three.
Among the pleasant remembrances at
sented to Edward Webster and Charles
Stafford, proprietors of the tannery, by
the men in their employ.
Mr.. Bartlett, who was severely injured
few weeks since by the falling of a tree,
was in town last week, exhibiting a con-
fused skull, broken arm and bruises
which made the chances of life appear
narrow to him.
representative of this paper will be
at the post Office in Stowe. Tuesday, Jan.
IL, from II to p. M, and Wednesday, |
Jan. Il, from ii. IN. to Il m. Pay for
your paper then and arrange for such pa
pers as you wish to club with.
Capt. Ebenz Bsrrows has gone for a
few weeks stay with children in York |
State. The Captain though past eighty,
retains his mental and physical faculties
TO a remarkable degree, and can, even
now, outdo many youth at some kinds
of manual labor.
A large and pleasant party was given
Mr.. and Mrs. George Foss at their home
OH Saturday evening. 1t proved to be
the Goth anniversary of their marriage.
The presents were nice and useful, and
were cheerfully received from the 60 or
more friends present.
Our friend j. T. Sherwin is having a
truly hard time. He says: II am hay
ing hard tussle with King Sciatica. 1t
has held me two weeks hard. l do not
know which will get the better. L have
sat on a hot free-stone most of the time
for ten days, but think that J. F. will pull
through; perhaps not"
Mr.. c. n. Thomas has assumed the du-
ties of the post-office. The boxes have
been placed near the front part of the
building, which makes it much more con-
yenient for the public, aud is in keeping
with reform. Mr.. Thomas brings TO his
new employment both integrity to salts
fly the needs of the people, and we have
no doubt but he will be courteous and
forbearing, even to oyer-inquiring pat
rons.
Information was received some days
ago of the death of Mrs. Ruth Dwinell.
aged f6. wife of Joseph Newhall, at Ma
tional City. Cal. Her death occurred De-
cember Is, from pneumonia. Mr.. and
Mrs. Newhall were former residents of
this town, but have lived in Middlesex
for some years. They went to the Pa
citc coast last spring to visit a daughter
living there. The remains of Mrs. New
hall have been embalmed and will be
brought to Stowe and inferred in the m
etery on the Branch. as soon as Mr.. New
hall, who is now in poor health, Is able
to come East with them.